Baby Doe
Steve Taylor
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Unfolding today, a miracle play this Indiana morn.
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The father he sighs, she opens her eyes, their baby boy is born.
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We don't understand, he's not like we planned, the doctor shakes his head.
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"Abnormal" they cry and so they decide this child is better dead.
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I bear the blame
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Believers are few and what am I to do?
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I share the shame
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The cradle's below and where is Baby Doe?
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A hearing is sought, the lawyers are bought, the court won't let him eat.
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The papers applaud when judges play God, this child is getting weak.
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They're drawing a bead, reciting their creed, "Respect a woman's choice."
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I've heard that before, how can you ignore this baby had a voice.
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I bear the blame
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Believers are few and what am I to do?
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I share the shame
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The cradle's below and where is Baby Doe?
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Where will it end? Oh no, no.
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It's over and done, the presses have run, some call the parents brave.
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Behind your disguise, your rhetoric lies, you watched a baby starve.
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I bear the blame
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The cradle's below and where is baby?
Copyright 1983 C.A. Music/Birdwing Music/Cherry Lane Music Publishing
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